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JAY BHATTACHARYA, M.D., Ph.D. June 2021 Address Center For JAY BHATTACHARYA, M.D., Ph.D. June 2021 Address Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research Phone: (650) 736-0404 Stanford University School of Medicine 615 Crothers Way Email: [email protected] Stanford, CA 94305-6019 http://web.stanford.edu/~jay RESEARCH INTERESTS Health economics, health policy, and outcomes research A. ACADEMIC HISTORY: Stanford University A.M., A.B. 1990 Stanford University School of Medicine M.D. 1997 Stanford University Department of Economics Ph.D. 2000 B. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: 2001 – present Professor (Assistant to Full), Stanford University Department of Medicine, Department of Economics (by courtesy) 2013 – present Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research 2014 – present Senior Fellow Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute 2007 – present Research Associate, Sphere Institute / Acumen LLC 2002 – present FRF to Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research 2001 – 2020 Professor (Assistant to Full) Department of Health Research and Policy (by courtesy) 2006 – 2008 Research Fellow, Hoover Institution 1998 – 2001 Economist (Associate to Full), RAND Corporation 1998 – 2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of Economics C. SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS: PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES (152 total) 1. Yoshikawa A, Vogt W.B., Hahn J., Bhattacharya J., “Toward the Establishment and Promotion of Health Economics Research in Japan,” Japanese Journal of Health Economics and Policy 1(1):29-45, (1994). 2. Vogt WB, Bhattacharya J, Kupor S, Yoshikawa A, Nakahara T, "The Role of Diagnostic Technology in Competition among Japanese Hospitals," International Journal of Technology Management, Series on Management of Technology in Health Care, 11(1):93-105 (1995). 3. Bhattacharya J, Vogt WB, Yoshikawa A, Nakahara T, "The Utilization of Outpatient Medical Services in Japan," Journal of Human Resources, 31(2): 450- 76, (1996). 4. Vogt WB, Kupor S, Bhattacharya J, Yoshikwawa A, Nakahara T, "Technology and Staffing in Japanese University Hospitals: Government vs. Private," International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 12(1): 93-103, (1996). JAY BHATTACHARYA, M.D., Ph.D. June 2021 5. Sturm R, Gresenz C, Sherbourne C, Bhattacharya J, Farley D, Young AS, Klap R, Minnium K, Burnham MA, and Wells KB. “The Design of Healthcare for Communities: A Study of Health Care Delivery for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Conditions.” Inquiry 36(2):221-33 (1999). 6. Goldman D, Bhattacharya J, Joyce G, D’Amato R, Bozette S, Shapiro M, Liebowitz A. “The Impact of State Policy on the Costs of HIV Infection”, Medical Care Research and Review 58(1):31-53 (2001). See comments Medical Care Research and Review 58(4):497-498 (2001). 7. Schoenbaum M, Spranca M, Elliot M, Bhattacharya J, Short PF. “Health Plan Choice and Information about Out-of-Pocket Costs: An Experimental Analysis” Inquiry 38(1):35-48 (2001). 8. Reville R, Bhattacharya J, and Sager L. “New Methods and Data Sources for Measuring the Economic Consequences of Workplace Injuries,” American Journal of Industrial Medicine 40(4):452-63 (2001). 9. Goldman D, Bhattacharya J, McCaffrey D, Duan N, Leibowitz A, Morton S. “The Effect of Insurance on Mortality in an HIV+ Population in Care,” JASA 96(455):883-894, (2001). See comments “The Effect of Insurance on Mortality in an HIV+ Population in Care,” JASA 97(460):1218 (2002). 10. Su C, Bhattacharya J, and Wang CC, “Role of Neck Surgery in Conjunction with Radiation in Regional Control of Node-Positive Cancer of the Oropharynx” American Journal of Clinical Oncology 25(2):109-16. (2002). 11. DeLeire T, Bhattacharya J, and MaCurdy T. "Comparing Measures of Overtime Across BLS Surveys." Industrial Relations 41(2):362-369 (2002). 12. Studdert D, Bhattacharya J, Warren B, Schoenbaum M, Escarce JJ. “Personal Choices of Health Plans by Managed Care Experts.” Medical Care 40(5):375-86 (2002). 13. Bhattacharya J, Schoenbaum M, and Sood N. “Optimal Contributions to Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical Care.” Economics Letters 76(1):129-135 (2002). 14. Reville R, Neuhauser F, Bhattacharya J, and Martin C, “Comparing Severity of Impairment for Different Permanent Upper Extremity Musculo-Skeletal Injuries” Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 12(3):205-21 (2002). 15. Lakdawalla D., Goldman D, Bhattacharya J, Hurd M, Joyce G, and Panis C., “Forecasting the Nursing Home Population”, Medical Care 41(1):8-20 (2003) See comments “Forecasting the Nursing Home Population,” Medical Care 41(1):28- 31 (2003). 16. Bhattacharya J, Deleire T, Haider S, Currie J. “Heat or Eat? Cold-Weather Shocks and Nutrition in Poor American Families,” American Journal of Public Health 93(7):1149-1154 (2003). 17. Bhattacharya J and Vogt W. “A Simple Model of Pharmaceutical Price Dynamics.” Journal of Law and Economics 46:599-626 (2003). 18. Bhattacharya J, Goldman D, Sood N. “The Link Between Public and Private JAY BHATTACHARYA, M.D., Ph.D. June 2021 Insurance and HIV-Related Mortality,” Journal of Health Economics 22:1105- 1122 (2003). 19. Lakdawalla D, Bhattacharya J, and Goldman D. “Are the Young Becoming More Disabled?” Health Affairs 23(1):168-176 (2004). 20. Bhattacharya J, Currie J, and Haider S. “Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Nutritional Outcomes in Children and Adults,” Journal of Health Economics 23(4):839-862 (2004). 21. Yoo BK, Bhattacharya J, McDonald K and Garber A. “Impacts of Informal Caregiver Availability on Long-term Care Expenditures in OECD Countries,” Health Services Research 39(6 Pt 2):1971-92 (2004). 22. Bhattacharya J, Goldman D, and Sood N. “Price Regulation in Secondary Insurance Markets” Journal of Risk and Insurance 72(4):61-75 (2005). 23. Bhattacharya J. “Specialty Selection and Lifetime Returns to Specialization Within Medicine” Journal of Human Resources 40(1):115-143 (2005). 24. Lakdawalla D, Philipson T, Bhattacharya J, “Welfare-Enhancing Technological Change and the Growth of Obesity,” American Economics Review (Papers and Proceedings) 95(2): 253-257 (2005). 25. Bhattacharya J, Shang B, Su CK, Goldman D “Technological Advance in Cancer and the Future of Medical Care Expenditures by the Elderly,” Health Affairs. [Web Exclusive 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.r5-r17] 26 September (2005). 26. Goldman DP, Shang B, Bhattacharya J, Garber AM, Hurd M, Joyce GF, Lakdawalla D, Panis C, Shekelle P, “Consequences Of Health Trends And Medical Innovation For The Future Elderly,” Health Affairs. [Web Exclusive 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.r53-r66] 26 September (2005). 27. Bhattacharya J and Lakdawalla D, “The Labor Market Value of Health Improvements” The Forum for Health Economics and Health Policy. Forum: Biomedical Research and the Economy: Article 2 http://www..bepress.fhep/biomedical _research/2 (2005). 28. Bhattacharya J and Lakdawalla D, “Does Medicare Benefit the Poor?” Journal of Public Economics 90(1-2):277-92 (2006). 29. Bhattacharya J, Goldman D, McCaffrey D, “Estimating Probit Models with Endogenous Covariates,” Statistics in Medicine 25(3):389-413 (2006). 30. Bhattacharya J, Currie J, and Haider S, “Breakfast of Champions? The Nutritional Effects of the School Breakfast Program,” Journal of Human Resources (2006) 41(3):445-466. 31. Bhattacharya J and Sood N, “Health Insurance and the Obesity Externality” Advances In Health Economics And Health Services Research 17:279-318 (2007). 32. Shetty K and Bhattacharya J, “The Impact of the 2003 ACGME Work Hours Regulations” Annals of Internal Medicine 147: 73-80 (2007). See comment “A Response to Dr. Puhan” Annals of Internal Medicine 148(6): 482 (2008). 33. Bhattacharya J and Shang B, “Model Based Survey Design Using Logits: JAY BHATTACHARYA, M.D., Ph.D. June 2021 Estimating Lost Statistical Power from Random Alternative Sampling” Survey Research Methods 1(3):145-154 (2007).ea 34. Bhattacharya J, Choudhry K, and Lakdawalla D, "Chronic Disease and Trends in Severe Disability in Working Age Populations" Medical Care 46(1):92-100 (2008). 35. Bhattacharya J, Shaikh A, Vytlacil E, “Treatment Effect Bounds under Monotonicity Assumptions: An Application to Swan-Ganz Catheterization” American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings) 98(2): 351–56 (2008). 36. Shetty K, Vogt WB, and Bhattacharya J, “Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Health in the US.” Medical Care 47(5):600-606 (2009). 37. Bhattacharya J and Bundorf K, “The Incidence of the Healthcare Costs of Obesity” Journal of Health Economics 28(3):649-658 (2009) 38. Bendavid E and Bhattacharya J, “PEPFAR in Africa: An Evaluation of Outcomes” Annals of Internal Medicine 150(10):688-695 (2009) 39. Nukols T, Bhattacharya J, Wolman DM, Ulmer C, Escarce JJ, “Cost Implications of Reductions to Resident Physician Work Hours and Workloads for Resident Physicians,” New England Journal of Medicine 360(21):2202-15 (2009). 40. Bhattacharya J and Isen A, "On Inferring Demand for Health Care in the Presence of Anchoring and Selection Biases," Forum for Health Economics & Policy: 12(2) (Health Economics), Article 6. http://www.bepress.com/fhep/12/2/6 (2009) 41. Bhattacharya J, Goldman D, and Sood N, “Market Evidence of Misperceived Prices and Mistaken Mortality Risks,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 72(1):451-462 (2009) 42. Seabury S, Bhattacharya J, Neuhauser F, Reville R, “Using Empirical Data on Earnings Losses to Improve Permanent Disability Ratings in Workers’ Compensation,” Journal of Risk and Insurance 77(1):231-260 (2010). 43. Kautz T, Bendavid E, Bhattacharya J, Miller NG, “AIDS and Declining Support for Dependent Elderly People in Africa: Retrospective Analysis Using Demographic and Health Surveys” British Medical Journal 340:c2841 doi:10.1136 (2010) 44. Patel CJ, Bhattacharya J, Butte AJ, “An Environment-Wide Association Study (EWAS) on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus,” PLoS ONE 5(5): e10746. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010746 (2010) 45. Yoo BK, Bhattacharya J, Fiscella K, Bennett NM, Szilagyi P, “Effects of Mass Media Coverage on Timing and Annual Receipt of Influenza Vaccination among Medicare Elderly” Health Services Research 45(5 Pt 1):1287-309. (2010) 46. Bendavid E, Leroux E, Bhattacharya J, Smith N, and Miller G, “The Role of Drug Prices and Foreign Assistance in Expanding HIV Treatment in Africa” British Medical Journal 341:c6218 (2010) 47.
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